Dean Drummond
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Suite, for clarinet
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1949-01-22
- Active to
- 2013-04-13
Discography
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- 202
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Dean Drummond (January 22, 1949 – April 13, 2013) was an American composer, arranger, conductor and musician. His music featured microtonality, electronics, and a variety of percussion. He invented a 31-tone instrument called the zoomoozophone in 1978. From 1990 to his death he was the conservator of the Harry Partch instrumentarium. Born in Los Angeles, Drummond studied trumpet and composition at the University of Southern California and California Institute of the Arts. <a href="https://www.l
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Dean
- Family name
- Drummond
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Place of death
- Princeton
- Occupation
- musical instrument maker
- Educated at
- USC Thornton School of Music
- Employer
- Montclair State University
- Instrument
- trumpet
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- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of death
- 2013-04-13
- date of birth
- 1949-01-22
- cause of death
- multiple myeloma
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